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Thursday, 2 February 2017

Zimbabwe police in over $60M debt

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has revealed that the country's
financial crisis have subjected them to a debt of over sixty million
dollars. Speaking to Zimbabwe Consolidated News, the Parliament’s Home
Affairs and Security Service portfolio committee member, Oliver
Mandipaka, said:

'ZRP has outstanding payments amounting to $429 968 required to settle
bills for Zimbabwe International Trade Fair ($60 000), Heroes
Commemoration ($20 000) and procurement of uniform material ($349 968).
Moreover, the ZRP alone has another outstanding debt amounting to $63
million owed to service providers like Zesa, Zinwa and TelOne and it
dates back to the year 2009.' he said.

Mandipaka, who made the statement while highlighting some of the
challenges facing the Police, also said the Zimbabwe Republic Police
(ZRP) has been failing to pay more than 500 recruits since June last
year.

'Our committee was disturbed to learn that 527 new ZRP graduates went
without pay since June 2016, despite the fact that they were recruited
within the approved establishment. This situation has resulted in the
ministry looking for funds from amenities to pay the ZRP graduates, a
situation which is not sustainable.' he said